Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Savior of the World" was recently bought for a record 450.3 million US dollars by an unknown collector, becoming the most expensive work of art in world history.
The 500-year-old painting by the legendary Italian artist, considered lost for a long time, depicts Jesus Christ holding a strange glass ball in his left palm. Many experts believe that this is the so-called power (a common symbol of the power of the monarch), however, according to other experts, this is a completely different matter.
The most amazing thing, according to the researchers, is that the mysterious ball in the picture completely ignores the laws of refraction and reflection of light. Experts who study the life and work of da Vinci argue that the genius of the Renaissance, who was even called a time traveler, could leave a mystery on this work of art that humanity has yet to solve.
American journalist and biographer Walter Isaacson explains that "Savior of the World" was created by an Italian in 1500, when the famous artist was 48 years old. At the time, he was passionate about optics and physics. However, the glass artifact in the hand of the Son of God shows no light diffraction or hand reflection. Da Vinci, according to experts, could not have made such a mistake and left the ball looking unrealistic. It turns out that he missed such important details for him on purpose?
Maybe he showed in such a way that objects in the hands of Jesus Christ were capable of breaking the known laws of physics? Or, perhaps, the whole point is in the mystical properties of the artifact, and such a ball really exists? Finally, a theory will be put forward that behind a layer of paint in this part of the canvas there may be some hidden image - a message for posterity, which is why the painting was allegedly bought for such a fabulous price.
The strange detail of the painting may be related to its fabulous price.
The Savior of the World was exhibited at Christie's in New York by Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev. The starting price of a masterpiece of art was $ 100 million. The auction lasted 20 minutes, after which an anonymous collector offered 450.3 million by phone, and no one else dared to raise the price. It is striking that this small canvas measuring 64.5 by 44.7 centimeters was sold in the 1950s for just $ 45 when it was mistaken for a copy. Rybolovlev bought the painting from the Swiss Yves Bouvier in 2013 for 127 million, who himself bought it shortly before for 75 million. Thus, over the past 6-7 decades, the price of the mysterious painting has increased 10 million times.
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It is quite possible that the main value of the mysterious painting by Leonardo da Vinci lies precisely in this mystical detail, and therefore the actual price of the "Savior of the World" could even be much higher than the one for which it was sold at auction today …
Daniil Myslinsky